The No. 21 TCU men's golf team heads to Georgia this weekend to play at one of this fall's most prestigious tournaments, the head coach said.The Carpet Capital Collegiate in Rocky Face, Ga., will feature 18 teams, 13 of which are ranked in the NCAA's top 20, head coach Bill Montigel said.

The team will face tough competition against No. 6 Florida, No. 2 Georgia Tech and No. 1 Georgia, which won the NCAA in 2004, Montigel said.

Drew Laning, Jon McLean, Franklin Corpening, Jesse Speirs and Robby Ormand will tee off for TCU this weekend.

More than 50 people crowded into the Brown-Lupton Student Center Lounge on Thursday night to hear four professors voice their views that Proposition 2 not only denies U.S. citizens their fundamental rights but also goes against the Christian principles supporters use to defend it.Stephen Sprinkle, an associate professor of practical theology at Brite Divinity School, said the public misunderstands much of Proposition 2, which will ban gay marriage in Texas if passed and uses faulty religious reasons to defend it.

The fate of a controversial new amendment that could legally define marriage in Texas will be decided Nov. 8 in state elections."Not only is it defining marriage, but it's also foreclosing the possibility...

Differences make relationships much more difficult.Race has always been the difference movies latch on to, but religion and age are pretty important as well.

While differences make the main characters' relationship difficult in the new movie "Prime," what they share makes things worse - What if you told your therapist intimate details about your new love-interest only to find out your therapist was your significant other's mother?

The Ridglea TheaterToday: First Impressions: Best of the New!; Open Mic Jam hosted by Alan and Company

Friday: Death Cab for Cutie; SOLD OUT

Saturday: Element Eighty "The Bear" CD Release Party with Lockjaw, Loaded Moses, LaME, Necrogazm, Solareye, System, Overload, Skard Soul. Autograph signing from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the lounge

Wreck Room

Today: 2-High String Band, Electric Mountain, Rotten Apple Gang

Friday: Flametrick Subs and High School Caesar.

Saturday: Catfish Whiskey and Jasper Stone

While there are certainly some people that haven't even heard of the Avian flu - or as it is commonly called, bird flu - others have deemed the disease an imminent threat.The disease is a strain of influenza found in birds to which humans have not built up a natural immunity.

Even though the virus, at this time, has only passed from bird to human and not from human to human, many agencies around the world have been tracking the spread of the virus in hopes of containing it.

A TCU employee was taken to Harris Methodist Hospital as a result of injuries caused by a car accident Tuesday afternoon, Fort Worth Police said.The accident occurred at Rogers Avenue and West Berry Street at approximately 3:15 p.m., said Fort Worth Police Officer K. Hill, who arrived on the scene shortly after.

Hill said the accident involved two vehicles - a silver Toyota Camry and a gold Chrysler Sebring. The Chrysler failed to yield at a stop sign on Rogers Avenue and hit the Toyota, Hill said.

An additional $5,800 could be added to the average student debt if Congress passes a resolution that would be the largest budget cut in student aid history, according to studentaidaction.com.If passed, House Resolution 609 would cut $9 billion from federal student loans programs, which would increase interest rates from 6.8 percent to 8.25 percent. The resolution would also put a $6,000 cap on Pell Grants, which are need-based aid that doesn't need to be repaid, according to the United States Student Association.

The new justice on the Judicial Board of the Student Government Association said Wednesday that he will bring sound judgment in interpreting the Constitution, the Student Body Code and other documents.The vacant spot on the Judicial Board was filled Tuesday night when Taylor Allen, a sophomore entrepreneurial management major, was sworn in by Chief Justice Jared Heathman.

"It's always been something I've been interested in participating in," Allen said. "I felt I could be useful for SGA in the Judicial Board."

Bluegrass trio Nickel Creek will take the stage tonight at the Gypsy Tea Ballroom in Dallas in support of their new album, "Why Should The Fire Die?""Why Should The Fire Die?" was released in August to strong reviews. The album opened at No. 1 on both Billboard Magazine's Independent albums and the Internet sales charts.

Folk singer Martin Sexton will open for the group. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $22.